Summary: This is my very first fanfic, so be nice with the reviews. This story will have some people and events that I made up, but the real events and characters are...well...real, that I took from the game. This is basically a friendship turned loved story about Riku, and a girl I made up.

Disclaimer: I do not own kingdom hearts, kingdom hearts two, or any kingdom hearts stuff. I do own the characters that I made up...and I guess the scenes I made up, too.

A Bond that lasts Forever

Chapter 1: Those Many Years Ago

5 years ago...

"Come on Sora I'll race you home!" yelled an eager 10 year old Riku.

"You're on...ready..Go!!!" Sora said with the usual grin on his face. They raced on home, but not before stopping by the mayor's place. There they saw an older gentleman with short, dirty blonde hair who looked about 20 years old talking with the mayor. Though what really caught their attention was the ten year old girl with golden blonde hair standing with the older gentleman. She looked over to them, but mostly toward Riku. She sensed that there was something about him, that reminded her of her of her past life. Then they overheard the mayor welcoming them and directed them to their new home.

( A/N: I'm not talking about Namine in this story when I said " a girl with golden blonde hair." She's one of my new characters.)

The next day at Riku's house...

Riku was looking outside his front window bored. The sun was setting on a perfect Sunday evening. That's when he saw the golden haired girl walk down the street toward the beach. He decided he wanted to find out who she was and where she came from, so he left to go follow her.

When he got to the beach, he saw her looking out at the island where he, Sora, and Kairi go to play. He walked over to her and had to say something...but what? "You know, you can see the sunset from there perfectly." Riku stated, which scared the little girl to death.

She remained silent, after being startled, and continued the conversation. "Really? What's it like?" She questioned as she turned around to reveal a beautiful girl with eyes as blue as the sea. Riku thought she was kind of pretty and blushed at the thought of it, but that quickly went away.

"It's awesome! Maybe I can show you tomorrow." the confident little boy said.

"I guess that would be okay, but I'd have to ask my brother Nicolai. That's the guy you saw me with yesterday. The one in white. He takes care of me ever since our parents died. He's great!"

"Okay," he said sadly, "you can tell tomorrow. I bet from what you said, he'll let you go."

"Yeah, he should. Hey you want to see something cool?"

"Umm, okay sure, what is it?" Riku said curiously.

The girl took off the gold locket she wore around her neck. When she opened it, inside was a bright white. It was very unusual since fire was more of a red/orange color, and it was in a locket and didn't blow out by the wind. "Wha...what is that?"

"Isn't it neat, my mom gave it to me when I was born. She said it was the heart of our family."

"That's so cool!" Riku was still staring into the flame until she closed.

"Yeah I know." She looked up at the sky and realized it was getting dark. "I have to go."

Yeah me too. So I'll see you tomorrow... umm I'm sorry I forgot to ask you your name!" they burst out laughing.

"Me too." she laughed. "My name is Lucilia, but everyone calls me Lucil or Lulu, for short."

My name's Riku, that's short for...Riku." they started laughing again, but not as hard.

"Okay Riku. I guess I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Yeah. I'll come by tomorrow after lunch to see what your brother said. Okay? Then I'll take you to meet my friends over on that island where we all play. I'm sure they'd loved to meet you, and maybe you can show them that necklace of your's."

"Okay bye Riku!" she ran off home waving as she went. Riku just stood there waving with a big smile on his face. "Tomorrow was going to be great day." He thought.

A/N: Okay, I kind of thought that was a crummy chapter. But this is my first fanfic story ever. Trust me it will get better as the story progresses.( I hope ) So please R&R, and I will post the next chapter when I can, but it will be a lot longer of a chapter.

Sneak peak chapter 2: many meetings

"Okay! So who's going to train me?"

Silence...

"Well, I guess I could do it. If that's okay with you Lu?" Riku spoke up.

"Great! Just one thing. Don't call me Lu, it sounds like a guy's name."

"Right, sorry." Riku apologized.

See you next time!!!